Improvement in cask-vents



H. FINCK. Cask-Vent.

No. 217,358. Patented July 8,18T9.

Inventor Witnesses:

UNIT-RI) 'IATHS HENRY FINCK, on DUNKIRH, AssIGnoR or oNR- HALF HIs RIGHT To J. P.

PATENT OFFICE.

RRANER, oF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

IMPRovEMENT iN cAsK-VEN-rs;

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 217,358, dated July 8, 1879; application filed April :22, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, HENRY FINCK, of' Dimkirk, in the county of Chautauqua and State of' New York,.have iuven ted certain new and useful Improvements on a Cask-Vent; and I do hereby declare that the following de` scription of' my said invention, taken in connection with the accompanying sheet of drawing, forms a full, clear, and exact specification, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has general reference to vents for beer-casks; and it consists in the peculiar arrangement of parts and details' of construction, as hereinafter first fully set forth and described, and then pointed out in the claim.

In the drawing already referred to, which serves to illustrate my said invention more fully and forms a part of this specification, the figure is a longitudinal sectional elevation.

O designates a stop-cock, screwed or otherwise inserted into a bung, B, placed in the usual cask A. In the upper end of this Stopcock is screwed a pipe, D, the upper extremity of'v which enters one leg of' a return bend, E, into the other leg of which is screwed the pendent pipe F. To the lower end of this pipe is fixed an elbow, G, into which, in turn, is screwed a short branch pipe, H, having an elbow, I,'and a short nipple, J, in said elbow. To this nipple is xed a funnelsliaped vessel, K, the upper end of which is provided with an inwardly-projecting ilaring flange, L.

In operation, the apparatus being placed into the cask A, the reservoir K is filled with water, which rises in the pipe F to a height corresponding with the level of the liquid in the reservoir K.

The carbonio-acid gas liberated in the cask `escapes through the pipes and water-seal,

while any ingress of air is prevented by such seal. In this manner the gas finds a peropening in the center. The inclination of' said flange is preferably at right angles, or nearly so, to the inclined sides; and it serves to prevent the escape of the liquid in vessel K, which liquid would otherwise boil over when charged from below with the carbonicacid gas escaping from the cask. Without said flange or some similar guard for the vedge of' the vessel, this boiling over coiild be prevented only by diminishing the supply of water or other liquid in vessel K and tubular passage F H I to such a degree that it could not be relied upon to fulfill its functions as a seal. Flange L also excludes foreign substances, except such as may pass through the central opening.

The construction of' thimble J and the ad jacent parts of' vessel K and branch pipe H allows said vessel to be` conveniently removed for the purpose of .cleaning or repairing it.

I do not claim, broadly, the combination of' a valve with a stop-cock constructed like the stop-cock shown by me, that. combination being shown, for example, in the patent of Hindeinyer and Beinkainpen, April 13, 1875, No. 162,066; nor do I claim the combination, with a stop-cock, of a pipe bent to form a waterseal, and terminating in a funnel-shaped vessel for holding liquid, such as appears in the patent of T. F. Straub, October 8, 1878, No. 208,771; nor do I claim a fnnelhaving its upper part` tapered inward to lessen the danger of overflow; but

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with a cask'and stop-cock, a sectional tube, forming a water-seal, and a detachable terminal vessel for holding liquid,

said vessel being shaped like :n funnel, with affixed my seal in the presence'of two suban inwardly-extending top flange, to prevent scribing witnesses.

the liquid in said vessel from being forced over its edges by the explosion o11 ascent of' carbonic- HENRY FINCK' IL S'l acid gas. Attest:

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as MICHAEL J. STARK,

my invention I have hereto set my hand and J. P. BRANER. 

